Hey All,

WOW, this is a little different and a nice upgrade to a popular heli forum which actually lets you talk openly ;-)

In recent months the UK weather has not been very kind to any person who hasa hobby that requires you being in the great outdoors, in fact probably the best place would have been at home with the lovely other half but when you gotta fly, you gotta fly! A recent addition of an old oil drum to my local flying site has helped somewhat, me & my...

Today I found out one of my favorite RC heli sites has implemented a function to add your own blog. This the Helifreak upgraded!!!

Now I can have my own blog. I think its good to make just one subject to blog about. I think it should be about me and my flying adventures, or maybe just 3D. I think the first option would be better to make a more interesting blog.

So lets start of with this week. It has been my first proper heli flying day this year. Since last saturday...

When i started playing with Vbar i had concerns about being able to feed the electronics with enough voltage and amperage to keep things running so i took what i had laying around and tested their ability.

GP 3700 nimh 4 cell pack.
start voltage = 5.6v
5.5amp @ 5.45v peak
5amps @ 5.4v after 1 min
4.79amp @ 5.27v at 2 min

GP 2000 nimh 4 cell pack 5/4 a size
start voltage = 5.6v
4.65 amp @ 5.10v peak
4.40 amps @ 4.85v after 1 min...

My name is Adam, i have been playing with helis since 2002. My main focus is E and had been since the beginning.
Along the journey i have collected a few machines and some diversions (cars, boats and planes).
I am an independant player, i pay for all my own toys and have no allegience to any brand or store.

below is the current toys in the shed to the best of my recollection.

- robocopter
- picco Z
- venom hughs 300 picco
- twister Bell...

I have been out of work and not posting much on helifreak for about 3 weeks now but I finally returned to work today.

It started as a high 103 fever for a week. A walking clinic gave me amoxicillan antibiotic which reduced that down to 102 but it was still with me. Then doctors gave me a very potent antibiotic called Avelox (or something like that) which kicked the fever's butt the next day and it was gone. At this point 2 weeks had gone by and I was feeling up to go to work again...